Black History Month

Featured Black History Month

Happy Handshake - Trace and cutout 1 handprint on the skin toned construction paper. Cut out rectangles long enough to make "cuffs" for the wrists of the hands - glue on. Place the two hands together in a "shake" fashion with one thumb behind the other. Attach a brass fastener to the center!

At Home In Africa - Describe life as an african animal. Teacher: display pictures, read stories, or show videos or filmstrips about African animals. Have students select an African animal. Have them answer the following questions about their animal:
What color are you?
What do you eat?
Where do you live?
What do you doall ...

Kwanzaa Flash Cards - Create a set of flash cards to illustrate the seven lessons or nguzo saba of Kwanzaa, a holiday created in 1966 by African-American leader Maulana Karenga.
On a large card print the word "Kwanzaa" surrounded by pictures of pumpkins, gourds, cabbages, onions, corn, bananas, coconuts, pineapples, and ...

African Village - Have your students spend time exploring different types of African Homes. They can create a gallery by working in groups and choosing a home to draw and decorate. You can also take this a step further and have them work in groups to recreate a home using boxes and misc. craft materials listed above.
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